"Ampharos, be careful of the ground. If there is any vibration, use Discharge immediately," Fiorella Cappuccino ordered without hesitation.
Ampharos watched the ground vigilantly, appearing a bit nervous. Charizard's attack wasn't slow.
Ampharos soon felt the ground beneath its feet tremble, and the electricity in its body burst out instantly. With a "bang!", the ground broke, and Charizard, carrying the lightning, pushed Ampharos out.
Bang!!
Ampharos fell to the ground, cried out in pain, and fainted.
"Ampharos has lost its ability to fight, Charizard wins!" the referee announced.
"I...!" Fiorella Cappuccino felt numb, a deep sense of powerlessness rising within him. He raised his hand and said, "I give up."
"What? Fiorella Cappuccino voluntarily admitted defeat!!" the host exclaimed.
While there have been players who voluntarily admitted defeat in the Alliance Conference's history, they are a minority, and most admit defeat before the official competition.
The preliminary Alliance is also part of the official competition. Fiorella Cappuccino's sudden surrender is indeed surprising.
However, Gary could understand Fiorella Cappuccino. After all, he sent out two Pokémon that were countered by the opponent, and they were instantly defeated by Gary's Pokémon, breaking his mentality.
"Fiorella Cappuccino, are you sure you want to admit defeat?" the referee asked for confirmation.
Fiorella Cappuccino took a deep breath and responded, "I admit defeat."
Confirming Fiorella Cappuccino's admission of defeat, the referee immediately announced, "Fiorella Cappuccino voluntarily admitted defeat, and the winner of this game is Gary."
"Ah!! Fiorella Cappuccino has given up. Congratulations to Gary for advancing to the final tournament." Gary advanced instantly, but Fiorella Cappuccino was in disarray. The audience went wild.
"Fiorella Cappuccino, you coward! You actually gave up. Are you even a man?"
"You useless fool. You gave up and made me lose so much money."
"Fiorella Cappuccino, don't let me see you again. Otherwise, I'll ignore you every time I see you."
The ones going crazy were naturally those who bet on sports lotteries and outside bets.
If they just bet on Gary to win the first victory, they would still make money, but those who bet on a complete victory and a one-on-three record all lost money.
"How come the Pokémon that Gary captured in the Johto Region are so strong?" Ash said puzzledly.
Ash's match was this afternoon, so he came to watch Gary's match. He didn't expect Gary's strength to be so terrifying.
Ash, who owns Charizard, knows how powerful Charizard is.
He can be sure that Gary's Charizard is not inferior to his own Charizard, or even stronger.
"Ash, that Charizard was originally the strongest in Charicific Valley, so its strength is naturally strong," Misty said.
Ash looked serious. He had seen those Charizards in Charicific Valley, and his Charizard was only second to last there.
Although Ash has placed Charizard in Charicific Valley for training for some time, it is not the strongest Charizard in Charicific Valley yet.
"I believe my Charizard will not lose to Gary's Charizard," Ash said seriously.
Charizard has been training in Charicific Valley for a long time.
The last time he came back from the Cinnabar Gym, Charizard's strength was greatly improved, and he could even compete with the Dragonite in the Dragon Sanctuary.
Now three months have passed, and Ash believes that his Charizard must be stronger.
"Yes, but Ash, you should prepare well for the afternoon game. If you lose to Vincent, you'll get 3 points like Macy, and then you'll have to play a third game," Misty reminded.
"Don't worry, I even beat Macy, so I will definitely not lose to Vincent," Ash said confidently.
Misty and Brock expressed their concerns because they knew that Ash would use the Pokémon he captured in the Johto Region to fight.
Although the Pokémon Ash captured in the Johto Region were not weak, there was still a certain possibility of failure.
A day later, each player in the preliminary Alliance had two duels, and the Trainers who won two games in a row advanced to the final tournament.
There was no tie in the 16 groups. In addition, Ash also won both games and did not tie with Vincent.
Because before the preliminary Alliance started, the two sides knew each other and were competing to defeat Ash.
Therefore, the three Pokémon Ash used in the battle with Vincent this time were Pikachu, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle, all of which were Ash's original Pokémon.
Although they had not evolved, they were all incredibly strong, and Vincent was naturally not his rival.
In addition, Jimmy did not advance and was defeated by Jon, the Silver Conference Champion.
So far, the two Rookie Trainers favored by Professor Elm were both eliminated and did not even enter the official competition.
However, judging from the performance of Vincent and Jimmy, they were already very good.
After all, Gary in the original plot was only in the top sixteen at the Silver Conference.
This result is already very good for Vincent and Jimmy. After all, Ash, the son of luck, basically stopped in the top eight and top sixteen at the Alliance Conference.
At the Pokémon Center in the Player Village, the sixteen players who advanced gathered in the hall, waiting for the list of the final tournament to be released.
Because there was no tie, the list was released in the morning.
"Gary, I will definitely beat you this time." Gary was discovered by Ash as soon as he arrived at the Pokémon Center, and Ash came to announce that he would defeat Gary.
"You'd better pray that you don't meet me right away, otherwise you'll stop in the top sixteen," Gary said.
According to the development of the original plot, Gary and Ash entered the final tournament and faced off in the first match.
Gary originally thought that his appearance changed the original plot, after all, it led to Jimmy's participation in the Silver Conference.
Unfortunately, Jimmy did not enter the final tournament. So the original plot was not changed much.
It is likely that Gary and Ash will face off in the first full-member battle.
"No, I will definitely win this time," Ash retorted.
"Then let's wait and see." Gary did not compete with Ash.
Ash's current strength was a little stronger than in the original plot, but compared with Gary, the gap was still very large.
The time came to 9 o'clock.
"Now let's start announcing the matchup schedule for the final tournament."
After the words fell, an ascending match table appeared on the big screen.
The sixteen players immediately looked at the bottom of the table. There were photos facing each other, with a "VS" logo in the middle.
In the second group at the bottom of the table, Gary saw his own photo. When he saw his rival, he immediately looked at Ash.
Ash also looked at Gary, and the two locked eyes.
"Hehe, it seems that we met in the first game. Prepare well for tomorrow's game. I'm leaving first," Gary said, and turned to leave.
Ash silently watched Gary's back as he walked away.